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dschulze
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Hangs temporarily

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I always use the Basic mode in KCleaner, using the Clean button. But whenever I run it, it seems to hang while it says "Windows installer duplicates." It may sit there, seemingly doing nothing, for maybe 1 or even 2 minutes. Once it gets to other things though, it seems to move along more quickly. (This is an intermittent problem.) What am I doing wrong?
Kyle_Katarn
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Re: Hangs temporarily

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You probably have lots of Windows installer files (probably old installation of Windows) ?

To skip this step and save time (if no longer finding any duplicates) just "uncheck" Windows Installer Duplicate in Settings.
dschulze
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Re: Hangs temporarily

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What is the location of these Windows installer files on the hard drive? Can I delete them manually? Why isn't KCleaner deleting them? (Or, maybe it is cleaning them out but it keeps checking for them anyway?)
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Re: Hangs temporarily

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KCleaner is only deleting th useless ones.
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